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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Caifassi, M.,     Figure female -- Full length     Object -- Written Matter     Object -- Written Matter     Object -- Other     Homage -- Hemphill, John     Occupation -- Law     Occupation -- Political     Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Austin     Gravestone     Sculpture

John Hemphill Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Caifassi, M., sculptor. Title:  John Hemphill Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  1874. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: marble; Base: limestone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 10 ft. x 50 in. x 35 in.; Base: approx. 52 x 50 x 35 in. Inscription:  Austin, Tx, 1874 Professor Caifassi made this monument. signed Description:  Full-length female figure leans against a Doric column. On the top of the column is an urn bearing a lone star. The figure's proper left hand is held up to her cheek. Her wavy hair spills from under a long veil of mourning over her head. She wears classical dress. Stacked against the opposite side of the column are seven books. Additional books are open and propped up behind the stack of seven, half covering a partially opened scroll. An unrolled scroll rests on top of the books. The marble sculpture stands on a tiered rectangular limestone base. Subject:  Figure female -- Full length Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object -- Written Matter -- Scroll Object -- Other -- Vase Homage -- Hemphill, John Occupation -- Law -- Chief Justice Occupation -- Political -- Senator Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Austin Gravestone Sculpture Owner:  Administered by State of Texas, General Services Commission, 1711 San Jacinto Street, Austin, Texas 78701 Located Texas State Cemetery, 9th Street & Comal Street, Austin, Texas Remarks:  Nearby text: "Here lie the remains of John Hemphill. Born in Chester District, South Carolina on the 1st day of Dec. A. D. 1803. Died at Richmond, Virginia on the 3rd day of January A.D. 1862. From 1840 to 1857 he was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas. From 1857 to 1861 he represented Texas in the Senate of the United States." References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, Austin survey, 1993. Hendricks, Patricia D. and Becky Duval Reese, "A Century of Sculpture in Texas, 1889-1989", Austin: University of Texas Press, 1989, pg. 4-5. Illustration:  Image on file. Hendricks, Patricia D. and Becky Duval Reese, "A Century of Sculpture in Texas, 1889-1989", Austin: University of Texas Press, 1989, pg. 5. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS TX001174   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture TX001174 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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